ISLANDERS FALL 4-3 TO LADYJACKS IN NINE-INNING HEARTBREAKER

Apr 03, 2010

Nacogdoches - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
softball team took a tough loss to close out their series with the
Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks on Saturday afternoon. The Islanders lost 4-3 in nine
innings as SFA took all three games of the Southland Conference
series.

The Islanders fall to 23-14 on the season and
9-9 in Southland play. SFA
improved to 20-8 on the year and extended their conference-leading
record to 13-2 in Southland games. Elena Crabtree came on in
relief of starter Addie Tallman and took the
loss to fall to 13-7 on the year.

After neither team was able to get a run in
the first three innings, the Islanders scored a run to take their
first lead of the weekend in the fourth. Kacie
Smith led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch and advanced
to second on a sacrifice bunt by Lauren Dodson. Lauren Sanders brought Smith
home on an RBI double down the left field line to break the
scoreless tie and give TAMUCC a 1-0 lead.

The advantage was short lived however, as the
Ladyjacks picked up a run in the bottom half of the fourth to even
the game at 1-1 in their next at bat.

The Islanders broke the deadlock in the top of
the sixth inning when Lauren
Dodson hit a solo home run to centerfield and gave TAMUCC a 2-1
advantage.

The score remained 2-1 in favor of the
Islanders until the bottom of the seventh inning when SFA scored a
single run to tie the game once again at 2-2. After scoring the tying run, SFA had
runners on second and third with no outs but the Islanders were
able to work their way out of a jam by recording three straight
outs.

The Islanders took another one-run lead in the
top of the ninth inning when they loaded the bases on a pair of
singles and walk. After
SFA brought in Angela White to relieve Monika Covington, White hit
Hannah
Schwarz with her first pitch to bring home pinch runner Alejia
Cain and give TAMUCC a 3-2 lead.

Although the Islanders had a second chance at
taking the game, SFA would not be denied, scoring a pair of runs on
a walk-off two-run homer by Jessica Arana in the bottom of the
ninth to take the series sweep.

Dodson was a perfect 3-for-3 on the day with
one RBI on her solo homer.
Sanders went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Jeter was 1-for-4 with the
final RBI for TAMUCC.

Next up for the Islanders is a pair of midweek
games against Prairie View A&M. The teams will play on Wednesday
starting at 1 PM at Chapman Field. They return to Southland play next
weekend when they host UT Arlington in a three-game series.